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Slab City: Welcome to the last free place in America.
This is Slab City, California-A desert outpost unlike anywhere else on Earth. Known as “The last free place in America”, this off-grid community near the Salton Sea is wild, creative, unorthodox and free. No rent, no rules, no electricity grid and no limits. Its a social experiment, an art project and a symbol of freedom in the Californian desert. If you want creativity, adventure and desert magic, Slab City will blow your mind. Where is Slab City? Slab City is in Imperial County, about four miles east of Niland, California. It is near the Salton Sea surrounded by distant mountains and vast deserts. Once you leave the pavement behind, dusty…
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The Mystery Spot: Is this California’s strangest attraction?
Some places challenge your sense of direction. The Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz does more than that. It challenges your sense of reality. Its wacky, weird and wonderfully fun. You’ll laugh, scratch your head and maybe start to doubt the laws of physics. Welcome to California’s favorite gravitational anomaly. First impressions. The Mystery Spot is deep in the redwoods. Its green, peaceful and seems completely normal-until it doesn’t. From the moment you step inside, things are a bit off. Balls roll uphill. People lean without falling. Your body feels one thing but your eyes see another. That’s when the fun really begins. A bit of history. The Mystery Spot opened…